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Table 6 Effects of environment and LP on the ileal morphology of chickens after CP administration

From: Effects of Lactobacillus plantarum on intestinal integrity and immune responses of egg-laying chickens infected with Clostridium perfringens under the free-range or the specific pathogen free environment

 

Villus height (μm)

Crypt depth (μm)

V/C

1st day

3rd day

10th day

1st day

3rd day

10th day

1st day

3rd day

10th day

SPFC

531.29

478.77

547.09

64.04

60.28

75.80

8.39

8.15

7.79

SPFL

702.84

504.61

570.35

65.72

59.20

68.50

11.02

8.61

8.79

FRC

750.26

707.70

648.94

92.14

106.34

88.02

8.49

7.22

7.79

FRL

759.81

518.52

662.89

88.42

90.50

69.06

9.09

6.02

9.88

SEM

8.757

9.267

10.035

1.080

1.556

1.305

0.138

0.133

0.179

Main effects

 Environment

  SPF

610.85

494.32

558.56

64.82

59.63

72.20

9.61

8.42

8.29

  FRS

755.00

602.30

655.62

90.29

97.51

78.95

8.79

6.55

8.79

Lactobacillus

  NLP

640.03

608.99

593.04

77.99

86.48

81.31

8.44

7.62

7.79

  LP

733.00

511.89

610.75

77.74

75.59

68.75

10.00

7.25

9.17

P-value

  Environment

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.015

0.001

0.000

0.129

Lactobacillus

0.000

0.000

0.357

0.637

0.007

0.000

0.000

0.164

0.000

  Environment × Lactobacillus

0.000

0.000

0.818

0.213

0.018

0.026

0.000

0.002

0.129